Huntsville gazette., 1887-12-17
WASHINGTON BUDGET.


The House Committees on Elections
Bill for the Retirement of Small Curren-
cy-Senator Bowers Silver Bill-Timber
Thieves In,ticted-The Proposed Ameri-
can Repnbiics Ceiebration-Senato Ed
munds' Postal Telegraph Bill.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON ELECTIONS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Upon the re-
quest OF Speaker Carlisle the Republicans
and Democrats held caucuses yesterday
afternoon and chose the members of the
elections committee. The Republicans
held their caucus first, and named Messrs.
Rowell. Of Illinois; Lymon, Of Iowa;
Cooper, CT ,.hio; Hount, of Tennessee; !;
Johnstoa, Indiana, and Lodge, Of
/ Massachusetts,. When the Democrats
met a motion was made that a committee
consisting Of Messrs. Holman, of Indiana;
Randall, of Pennsylvania; Mills, Of
| Texas: Cummings, of New York, and
Burnes, of Missouri, be named to
retire and report who should repre-
sent the majority on the committee on
elections. This motion prevailed, and
just as the committee was retiring for
consultation q motion was made that the
caucus committee be instructed to name
Mr.. Turner Of Georgia, as the chairman
OF the committee to be reported. Mr..
Turner instantly arose, thanked the
caucus and declined most emphatically to
| serve. The following were soon reported
and Will constitute the majority of the
committee: Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia, chair
man; and Messrs. Cultivate, of Ohio;
johnson, Of North Carolina; Perry, Of
Mississippi; O'Farrell, Of Virginia;
ONeill, Of Indiana; Marsh, of Pennsyl-
vania; Heard, of Missouri and Moore, Of
| Texas.
SENATOR BowEN's SILVER BILL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The bills intro
duced by Senator Bowen, of Colorado,
yesterday, for the free coinage Of silver
and providing new basis for national
bank circulation, are the same as he pre-
sented in the last Congress. The first
makes+ lawful for any person to deposit
at any of the mints of the United States,
silver bullion Of standard fineness in
quantities of not less than one hundred
ounces, and directs coinage Of the stand
ard silver dollar on the same terms
as gold is coined. The second
bill provides that the deposit to secure
circulation may be made one-third each
in gold and silver coin and United States
bonds, that the latter may be withdrawn
the circulation reduced and coin certifi-
Gates issued instead. 1t also fixes the
circulation Of the United States at $50 per
capita on an estimated population of
sixty millions, and provides that it shall
be increased at the rate of three and one
half per cent. annually.
TIMBER THIEVES INDICTED.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Information has
been received at the General Land Office
that the United53states orend sirry n
Montana has found indictments against
Thomas T. Oakes, ]. M. Buckley, F. l..
Bonner 3. Hammond and L. j. Hatha-
way for unlawfully taking timber from
the public lands of the United States and
shipping the same out Of the Territory
Oakes is the vice-president and general
manager Of the Northern Pacific
road; Buckley is the assist
ant general manager aud Bon
ner is a timber agent Of the road and
president Of the Montana Improvement
Company; Hammond is timber agent Of
the Northern Pacific Railroad and general
manager Of the Montana Improvement
Company. These indictments are under
stood to be in connection with proceed
ings pending against the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company and the Montana I'm
provement Company involving trespasses
on public timber TO the amount of about
two million dollars.
BILL TO RETIRE SMALL PAPER CURREN CY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13.-Mr. Beck yester
day introduced in the Senate bill for the
retirement Of legal tenders and National
bank notes Of small denomination, and
the issuance Of coin certificates. Tt pro
poses that no United States note of less de-
nomination than ten dollars nor more than
fifty dollars shall be executed, and Of the
higher denominations not in excess of
one-fourth of the total outstanding circu-
lation Of National banks; that no National
bank notes shall be issued of a higher
denomination than one hundred dollars
That coin certificates shall be issued as a
substitute for gold and silver certificates
in denominations not exceeding twenty
dollars, as the Secretary of the Treasury
sees fit, they to represent the surplus gold
and silver coin and bullion held by the
United States in excess Of one hundred
million dollars. The coin certificates it
proposes shall issue upon the de-
post Of ten dollars, and not
in excess Of five hundred dollars at the
treasury or at a sub treasury, and shall
take the place Of gold and silver certif-
Gates whenever the latter shall be re-
received by the Government. For the
purpose of immediate circulation and
substitution of the coin certificates for
gold and silver certificates, the Secretary
of the Treasury is directed to deposit
them at United States repositories.
PROPOSED AMERICAN REPUBLICS CELEBRA-
TION.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-In behalf of the
National board Of promotion, composed Of
Governors of thirty-two different States
155 presidents and secretaries Of boards
of trade throughout the United States,
and other prominent citizens, represent
ing in all forty five States and Territories.
Senator Eustis, of Louisiana, yesterday
introduced in the Senate bill which pro-
vides for joint celebration at the Ma
tional CAPITAL in 1889, by the sixteen
American republics in honor of the cen
tennal of the Constitution of the parent
republic in America. 1t appropriat tes
S300,00o, to defray in a manner becoming
the United States, the expenses incident
to the celebration.
EDMUNDS' POSTAL TELEGRAPH BILL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-The bill intro
duced in the Senate by Mr.. Edmunds yes
terday, providing for postal telegraph